SDKFZ 7 with PH Vierling

Crazy Kraut · Post by **Crazy Kraut** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:13 pm

Hi all,
nearly finished. Need a little bit more mud and snow at the tracks and the guy at the bonnet needs his binoculars.
What do you think about it?
Happy new year and regards from Germany

Made an early german tank Commander

Stug45 · Post by **Stug45** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:36 pm

Very cool, The tank commander looks awesome.

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:16 pm

very nice.....indy truck + sdkfz 251 chassis + ph vierling i presume?

it's clearly a bit underscale but looks awesome regardless. I think that's going to be on my to do list for later this year. Thanks for the inspiration.

edit: i see what you did....you pulled a little slight of hand. In order to get the necessary length of the halftrack you've hidden the rear part of the running gear, which isn't actually there because it's too short, under the tarps....creating the illusion the running gear is longer than it is.

Crazy Kraut · Post by **Crazy Kraut** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:37 pm

Sharp eyes

!!!!!
You are right, this was the only way to give it the necessary length.

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:55 pm

Wonderful! You've done a fantastic job!

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:06 pm

CK....i've used tricks like that in the past with other projects and i was aware that the sdkfz 251 chassis would be too small and short to hold a vierling, so i was wondering how you pulled it off and noticed your little deception.

I never thought of using the trick with a sdkfz 7 custom though....so i'll probably eventually give it a try, unless miracle of miracles dragon releases their sdkfz 7 that they've been sitting on for years and years.

Beautiful work. What did you use for the floor under the vierling and the fold down doors?

General Blasto · Post by **General Blasto** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:26 pm

Very nice indeed

Beat me to the punch. I was going to make my second SDkfz 9 (which your model would be due to the chassie of the 251. Neither the less, it is a cool model !!! I plan on doing mine with a slightly longer bed with fold down jumpseats behind the drivers seat. I have the indy vehicles standing by as well as a couple 251s to donate their track sections. They will get the dou-dualys like the dragon wagon I created

So many ideas and so little time

Like tonight setting up the HD Tv we got for Christmas, yep everything is running behind schedule

Da General

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:36 pm

This looks sweet I am glad you are putting those guns to good use

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:20 pm

Your the man!!!

Great!

Any tips for making snow dios/white wash? Its a pain to make it look cold.

lalo · Post by **lalo** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:46 am

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Excellent. ....